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Jiangsu Launches First Provincial Tourist-dedicated Train: "Railway+Tourism" Boosts Tourism Transformation

Published:2020-05-28

  At 8:16 on May 1, over 300 Jiangsu tourists took D9572 train, the first tourist-dedicated train within Jiangsu Province, from Nanjing Station to start a two-day cultural and leisure trip in Jiangyan, Taizhou, a "land of fish and rice".

  As the epidemic situation in China continues to improve, people's demand to relax and travel clearly rebounded. Seizing this opportunity, the railway sector has given full play to the advantageous transport capacity of railway network to stimulate the tourist spending and promote the orderly recovery of tourism. It took initiative to negotiate with the Administrative Committee of Qin Lake Tourism Resort and reached a cooperation consensus on organizing residents in Nanjing and its surrounding areas to have a leisure and sightseeing trip in Taizhou, promoting the unique tourism resources of Qin Lake, and creating Taizhou's city brand. It is reported that this is Jiangsu's first tourist-dedicated train this year.

  Taizhou City in the central Jiangsu Province, where Qin Lake is located, has rich tourism resources and unique wetland ecological environment. In recent years, the continuous improvement of railway network has brought precious opportunities to the innovation and development of modern tourism in this national historical and cultural city.